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GOURMET
By: Deby Beard
Photos: Courtesy Il Borro
The Rebirth of Wine
Production at
Il Borro Began in 1995
FERRUCCIO AND SALVATORE FERRAGAMO USED THE
KNOWLEDGE AND AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE OF
TUSCANY TO MAKE MAGNIFICENT WINES
T he Ferragamo family’s IL Borro, is walls and towers, located on the rode that once joined
an estate of culture and architectural Arrezo and Fiesole in the Etruscan Roman era.
elegance doted with the sensible Both the medieval village and the estate called Il
harmony of a majestic past and carefully Borro have been restored with utmost care to offer the
built beauty. Even nowadays, it boasts medieval hospitality of rural Tuscany to an endless variety of
features. Remnants in the walls reveal that, around the travelers.
year 1000, Il Borro was once a castle surrounded by
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